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28th September 2021, 11:54 #6551
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Personally from following rallies and rumors from drivers my impression is that Fabia is the most allround car (= best in a mixed championship).
Polo seems better on fast and smooth rallies, especially those with constant conditions, less so if conditions are mixed (wet/dry) and/or if the road gets very rutted.
Thing is that after I wrote something similar before Estonia and Fabias won both WRC2 and WRC3 in Estonia, there were some loud voices how Fabia is best also on fast rallies. Gryazins and Suninens car choice in Finland contradict this.
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28th September 2021, 13:11 #6552
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Mikkelsen has been testing the new Fabia too:
https://youtu.be/9v48u_tPz9c
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28th September 2021, 13:13 #6553
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I'm sure Lukyanuk would have been very quick in Estonia in a Polo too, perhaps even quicker.
It makes sense that a car with a longer wheelbase would be good on fast rallies. On the other hand the Fabia looled very nimble on the twistier roads on Acropolis and Azores, quick direction changes.
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28th September 2021, 14:14 #6554
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In theory (mine) Polo should be better for very fast gravel/snow while Fabia shall be better for rough, slow and twisty stuff.
But I guess that the main issue with Polo is the end of VW Motorsport development. Few people logically want to invest in a car with no future.Last edited by Mirek; 28th September 2021 at 14:17.
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1st October 2021, 17:22 #6555
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1st October 2021, 19:54 #6556
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4th October 2021, 10:04 #6557
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Personnally, I would say Fabia is a little more reliable and all-around but not a big gap and even now, I think it is quite equal (maybe reliability is still a little better for Skoda as I never heard main drivers complaining about it in Skoda whereas it is the most used car).
I think what really costs a lot to VW was the PR side: the VW was waited as a dominant car with Skoda experience + their WRC experience but it had some reliability issue at the beginning (logical seeing what happened to Hyundai and Citroen) and facing a car at the best of his development such as Skoda is not simple.
And the back-to-back fires for Camilli and a Portuguese driver (Meireles?) has costed a lot also I think because it didn’t given much confidence to the potential drivers.Last edited by Danny0405; 4th October 2021 at 10:07.
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4th October 2021, 10:24 #6558
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I am guessing the engineers for the new Fabia has taken the best from both, and will smash the opposition when it comes.
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4th October 2021, 19:59 #6559
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5th October 2021, 18:05 #6560
Neuville rear-left off the rim at the stage end. When comparing splits, lost ~9sec to Evans.
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